Apparatus for coaling ships.



M. S. IVERSON. APPARATUS F03 OOALING} SHIPS.

Y APPLICATION FILED NOV.26, 1907. 1,038,588,, Patented Sept. 17, 1912.

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APPLICATION FILED HOV. 26, 1907.

Patented Sept. 17, 1912.

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To all whom 7'? may concern Be it known that l, Micnann S. Ivnnson, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Coaling Ships, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the drawings accompanying and forming part of the same.

My invention relates to apparatus for coaling ships, and has for its chief object to provide an apparatus by which. the coaling can be eti'ected in the most expeditious manner, at the same time distributing the coal properly in the bunkers.

The invention will be more readily understood from a more or less detailed explanation of an embodiment thereof and for this purpose I have selected for illustration and description herein the form which exhibits what I consider the best mode of applying the invention. This form is shown in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of the conveys-r employed to distribute the coal, showing the conveyer suspended in operative position under the ships deck. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the conveyor. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional View showing the construction of the conveycr belt to permit lengthening and shortening of the some. Fig. 4 is a detail side view of the conveyor, showing its sectional construction to permit lengthening and shortening. Fig. 5 is an elevational View of the pivoted end of the conveyor, partly in section. Fig. (3 is a detail view, partly in cross section, showing the arrangement for securing the conveyor sections together. Fig. 7 is an elevational view of the swinging or traveling end of the conveyor.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 indicates a ships deck, and 2, 2, are the supporting beams thereof, in present instance in the form of flanged T-irons.

The conveyor for carrying the coal to the different parts of the bunkers, comprises a frame consisting of a pair of parallel side members 3, 3, and belt 4, provided with suitable buckets 5 and running over wheels.

or rollers 6, '7 journalcd at. opposite ends of the frame. The frame side-members are preferably of the truss type of construction, as shown. At one end of the frame is a supporting hanger 8, suspended at. its coir tor from a pivot t) which is provided with clamping jaws 10, ill, adapted to fit over the lower flanges of a deck beam, as shown in Fig. 5, to support the said end of the conveyer frame. At the other end of the conveyer is an are-shaped track 12, concentrio with the pivot 9 and suspended from the deck beams by means of clamps13, shown more clearly in Fig. 1'. Onfthis track runs a carriage 14, from which is suspended a hanger 15 carrying the adja cent end of the conveyer frame.

The wheels on which the belt t runs are jonrnaled in the ends of the frame, and the shaft of wheel 6 is provided with a gear 17, to be driven by suitable mechanism, not

shown, for driving the belt.

The belt itself may be leather, canvas, or other suitable flexible material, or may be of the ordinary link-belt construction. The buckets may of any suitable type, preferably the box like form shown at 15, secured to the belt. by rivets.

llxtending through the deck above the pivoted end of the conveyor is chute or hopper 1d, discharging upon the conveyor, as shown in Fig. 1.

, From the foregoing the operation of coaling the ship will be readily understood. The apparatus is assembled shown in Fig. i, the conveyor being preferably made-as long as the capacity of the bunker will pen.

mit, by introducing or removing sections as hereinafter described. The coal is deposited in the chute, and being delivered thereby on the conveyor, is carried to the other end thereof and discharged. As the coal piles up in the bunker the conveyor is swung on its arc-shaped track until the desired amount of coal has been deposited around the sides of the bunker. To fill the remaining portions of the bunker the conveyer must be shortened, and for this purpose it is constructed as follows: The side frames 3, 3 are made in sections, many as news sary to produce the maximum length desired, as'shown in Figs. 1 and 4, the ends of each section being constructed to fit or overlap the ends of the adjoining sections. The overlapping portions of the sections are provided with registering apertures through which pass handscrcws l9, screwing into the cross braces 20 of the sections, thus locking the assembled sections securely together,

as will be readily understood. The belt 4 is also made in sections, corresponding in length to the sections of the frame, so that frame.

swing horizontally thereunder,

the removal of a belt section will leave the belt the proper length to lit the shortened The belt sections are provided at their ends with intern'ieshing loops, which are keyed together by pintles, as 21, Fig. 3, thus giving the joints the desired flexibility.

The conveyor being shortened by the removal of a belt section and a frame section, and the track being moved toward the conveyor pivot to the position suited to the new length of the convey-er, the coaling proceeds as before, followed by further shortening of g 7 the conveyer, it rcqmred; this procedure allowing the conveyor to be moved bodily being kept up until the bunker is tilled. It will be noted however that only track of one curvature is shown so that when the conveyer is shortened the said track serves merely as a support. Finally the conveyer is removed alter which additional coal may be discharged into the bunker directly from the chute it any space is left below the conveyer pivot. it will be further observed that the clamping jaws 10, 11. and the clamps 13 allow t e conveyor to be moved bodily along the supporting beams 2.

The apparatus can be used in any ship, suitable modifications in the supporting devices being n'iade where required. Likewise, the chute 18 may be removable and simply dropped into a suitable opening in the deck wh required for use.

hat i claim is:

1. In an apparatus for coaling ships, the combination of a conveyor, means for pivotally suspending the same at one end below a ships deck to permit the conveyor to an arcshaped track suspended from the deck at other end 01' the conveyor and concentric with the pivotal support of the con veyer, carriage running on said track and sup iortin the adjacent end of the conveyor, and. me its permitting adjustment of said track abm 'e the conveyor, as set for h.

2. In an apparatus for coaling ships, the combination of a conveyor, a T-iron attached to the underside of the deck of said ship, means connected to said T-iron and supporting the conveyer for allowing the conveyer to be moved loi'igitudinally as a. whole, and means for allowing one end to be moved laterally.

3. In an apparatus for coaling ships, the combination of a T-iron attached to the underside of the deck of said ship, a conveyor, means for pivotally supporting said conveyor at one end to the T-iron, means at the other end for allowing a movement. of the conveyor in a horizontal direction around the pivoted end asa center, and means for along said T-iron.

4'. In an apparatus for coalingships, the combination of a conveyer,composed of removable sections, permitting\the conveyor to be shortened or lengthened at will, means for pivotally suspending the conveyor below the ships deck, an are-shaped t'ack, concentric with the said pivotal. snspending means, means for suspending the track from the deck and permitting adjustment of the track toward and from the said pivotal sus- 'iending means and a carriage running on said track and supporting one end of the conveyor.

5. In an apparatus for coating ships, the combination of a conveyor composed of removable sections, permitting the conveyor to be shortened or lengthened at will, a pivoted hanger for supporting one end of the conveyer from a ships deck, an arc-shaped track the. other end of the conveyor, concentric with the hanger pivot, means for suspending the track from the deck, to permit adjustment of the track toward and from the hanger pivot, a carriage running on the track and a hanger depending from the carriage and supporting the adjacent end of the conveyer.

MICHAEL S. IVERSON.

- Witnesses:

M. Lawson Dyna, S. S. DUNIIAM. 

